This unique and comprehensive study reviews the practice of leading
American directors of Shakespeare from the late nineteenth to the
end of the twentieth century. Charles Ney examines rehearsal and
production records, as well as evidence from diaries, letters,
autobiographies, reviews and photographs to consider each
director's point of view when approaching Shakespeare and the
differing directorial tools and techniques employed in significant
productions in their careers. Directors covered include Augustin
Daly, David Belasco, Arthur Hopkins, Orson Welles, Margaret
Webster, B. Iden Payne, Angus Bowmer, Craig Noel, Jack O'Brien,
Tyronne Guthrie, John Houseman, Allen Fletcher, Michael Kahn,
Gerald Freedman, Joseph Papp, Stuart Vaughan, A. J. Antoon, JoAnne
Akalaitis, Paul Barry, Tina Packer, Barbara Gaines, William Ball,
Liviu Ciulei, Garland Wright, Mark Lamos, Ellis Rabb and Julie
Taymor. Directing Shakespeare in America: Historical Perspectives
offers readers an understanding of the context from which
contemporary practitioners operate, the aesthetic philosophies to
which they subscribe and a description of their rehearsal methods.
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